“Airbus is aware of the Canadian government imposing sanctions on VSMPO and has obtained the necessary authorisation to secure Airbus operations in compliance with the applicable sanctions,” Airbus Canada said in response to a Reuters query.
It did not elaborate on the approvals or say how long they would remain in effect.
The Canadian government did not respond to requests for comment.
(Reporting by Allison Lampert, David Ljunggren, Tim Hepher, Additional reporting by Andrew Gray, Daphne Psaledakis;Editing by Alistair Bell)
